I will gladly lend you my copy, ” Khizr Khan, whose son US Army Capt. Humanyun Khan died in the Iraq War, said in one of the stand-out moments of the Democratic Convention last week in remarks aimed at Trump.
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In an opinion article for the Washington Post, Mrs Khan said her husband had asked her if she wanted to speak at the convention but she had been too upset.
A Democratic convention awash in American flags celebrated American diversity in the name of a very old ideal most conservatives share: that we are a country bound by ideas, not a nation defined by blood, soil or a single religious tradition. “If they do not, I will continue to speak, and I am speaking”, Khan said.
He said Trump’s “policy, his practices, do not reflect that he has any understanding of the basic, fundamental constitutional principles of this country”. They will be making a moral statement that their movement will not tolerate an opportunist so corrupt and so vile that, when given a choice, he pandered to religious intolerance rather than honoring the sacrifice of a fearless young American.
Their dignified and powerful questioning of Trump’s treatment of Muslims amounted to a stunning put-down of Trump’s charge that many American Muslims are terrorist sympathisers who turn a blind eye to terrorism, for which reason he proposed a ban on all Muslims entering the US. Tim Kaine, D-Va., center right, attend a factory tour with K’NEX President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Araten in Hatfield, Pa., Friday, July 29, 2016.
“When Donald Trump is talking about Islam, he is ignorant. And this is totally unfit for the leadership of this lovely country”, Khan said.
In a statement released Saturday night, Trump called Humayun Khan a “hero” and accused Khizr Khan of saying “inaccurate things” about him at the convention. “You tell me, but plenty of people have written that”, said Trump, employing an oft-used rhetorical device to avoid taking responsibility for what he says.
“I don’t think we should be against the NFL”, Trump told ABC’s “This Week”.
“There is no greater sacrifice than to lay down one’s life for their country, and that’s the sacrifice that Captain Humayun Khan made fighting to defend our freedom and our constitutional rights”, Ayotte said. The candidate also tried to change the subject to the war itself: “Hillary voted for the Iraq war, not me!” He will be a better person if he could become – but he is a black soul.
“She was standing there, she had nothing to say, she probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say”.
A statement was issued late Sunday by Trump’s running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence. “That is not true”, Mrs. Khan wrote, adding that she decided not to speak at the convention because of her pain over the 2004 death of her son. Something to the effect of, “I can’t imagine the pain and anguish the Khan family has suffered, and feel enormously for them over the loss of their courageous son”.
Her husband Khizr Khan attacked the Republican nominee in an emotional speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.
‘Capt. Khan is a hero. “I don’t know how the dates were picked. So my appeal now is to the folks that are going to be thinking to vote for Trump”, Khan said.
Clinton tells parishioners in a Cleveland church that Trump’s character is questionable because he repaid a family that made the “ultimate sacrifice” with “nothing but insults” and “degrading comments about Muslims”.
Hillary Clinton says she has “work to do” to earn voters’ trust and move past the “caricature” many people have of her. Together, we should pray for his family’.
But Trump was not yet done in making a fool of himself. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News, the presidential nominee suggested that Khizr Khan delivered the entire speech because his wife was not “allowed” to speak.
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“The issue that Mr. Trump is talking about, and really frankly is what I expect the media should be talking about, is protecting the homeland from national security risks and terrorism”, he said.
